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Semidirect product of a Lie algebra and a module
(
g
⋉
V
)
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Algebra
Diagonal dominance
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Lie algebra
2026-09-24
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For
a
Lie algebra representation
of
g
on
V
, the
semidirect product
g
⋉
V
is the
vector space
g
⊕
V
with
bracket
[(
x
,
v
)
,
(
y
,
w
)]
=
([
x
,
y
]
,
x
w
−
y
v
)
.
(1)
The subspace
V
is an abelian
ideal of a Lie algebra
.
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Killing form of a semidirect product with a module
Semidirect product of a Lie algebra and a module
Killing form of a semidirect product with a module
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Semidirect product of a Lie algebra and a module
For
a
finite-dimensional
representation
ρ
:
g
→
gl
(
V
)
,
K
g
⋉
V
((
x
,
v
)
,
(
y
,
w
))
=
K
g
(
x
,
y
)
+
tr
(
ρ
(
x
)
ρ
(
y
))
.
(1)
In particular,
V
lies in the radical of the
Killing form
.
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Diagonal dominance
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2024
/
iii
/
Paper 102
/
2
/
c
/
i
/
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